as we (in the North) journey
towards the Winter Solstice,
the
Saturnalia….
“What fresh hell is this?!” said Dorothy Parker
when answering the phone.
The war on life waged by the
Dementors of Doom…
would indeed look bleak - but for Magic
("a willingness to cooperate with everything”)
and
were we not in cahoots with Trickster,
keeper of the “powerful magic that
comes in dangerous times.”
May the current assault on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and,
today, the Bears Ears Monument in Utah
serve as incentive for us to:
* heed David Grimes’ counsel:
“If we’re not having fun -
we’re just not serious enough.”
* offer ourselves in full co-operation
with the
Trickster Intelligence
(of the Land, and all we hold dear):
who speaks through the
beautiful sky-earth story
thus:
Caroline welcomes
the return of Subhankar Banerjee,
one of the foremost protectors of
The Arctic National Wildlife,
Responding to threat with Trickster “Indigenuity”
(thank you Bog Gough, Dan Wildcat,
Curtis Catawba for that word)
Becoming like what we love to be its protectors.
To protect wolves - become more like wolves
to protect Arctic and Bear Ears - let’s ally with the
Intelligence of the land itself.
*Co-operators are standing by! Grand trine in water, with the Moon animating,
the "being as skillful as a cat” degree,
trining Jupiter at the convening of the
Renaissance Council degree,
trining Neptune animating:
"In the sanctuary of an occult lodge,
members are being initiated.”
“…There comes a time when life itself demands
of the individual that she or he stand up clearly and
unequivocally to the ideal to which s/he is dedicated.
The initiate thus becomes a constituent part
of an integrated field of mental-spiritual activity…”
(sayeth the gist of
Dane Rudhyar, who goes on to
say grumpy things, reminding us that everything
is up for being liberated - Tricksterized.
Study, and set free…be one of our dedications.)
All esoteric guiding wisdom systems are available to us…
so let’s be engaged in Liberating Esoterica…
astro*politico*mytho guiding narrative meta-story,
and ritual laying to rest of old year,
Honoring the Birth of the
Liberating Trickster Redeemer
(within and without)
whose first trick is Ladling the Healing Elixir
of Dynamic Beauty out of the Grief Cauldron
w/ Caroline Casey
and Tina Eck and Keith Carr,
“Lilt” great Irish musicians,
to bring the words alive… honor the ancestors
and provide us with the fuel of “jaunty”
whereby to navigate the Underworld,
with defiant pluck.
7:33 pm
(Yes, everyone settled in by then,
our precise departure time,
cause the symbolic back-up is way cool)
doors open 7:00 pm
Institute for Spiritual Development
5419 Sherier Place N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
$20 at the door
Trickster Uranus is stationing opposite Mars at the
“person in deep gloom, unnoticed a glowing circle
of angels surrounds
them,”
as Venus descends into the Underworld,
(and we with her) to re-emerge as the
evening star of peace late February 2018.
Alone, we can easily be that person in deep gloom.
When we gather - we join with the
glowing circle of angels,
and not boring, goody-goody, nu-age
angels,
but spicy kick butt angels…
* Further ways to gather: (also wonderful Christmas, Solstice, Hanukkah presents
- we will e-mail you gift certificates upon request)
(and there will be
another Carolingian 12 week course
under the Shift network auspices, on
Liberating the Zodiac - within and without
begins January 31st on the Lunar Eclipse…
more on that later...)
And:
still time, Trickster encourages intuitive skidding in:
Journey with Caroline to India,
a truly magical journey, magnetizing all
the right beings for our story-metaphor fest
in India one of the great cultural fountains
of incarnational metaphors. Co-Operators are standing by!
Already great ally, and frequent radio guest,
Deborah Felmeth will be joining our Council, flying in
from her home in Syria, bringing music stories, and yoga… (and like a Renaissance council we will
customize
according to who brought what.)
and like Rick- we will engage in the strategic overview of 2018,
outer planetary aspects, delineating and honoring the charts
of all participants
(we are a small group, and you will need to enroll,
o pretty soon, if you would like a room, and you would.)
And integrating the teachings of India,
and her Liberating Trickster divinities…
with a fantabulous itinerary;
4 hours of council in the morning,
then spilling over onto the beach, swimming,
visits to Temples, birth place of Hanuman
- and more, whereby we can all gather the Medicine
we need to “dree our weird,” : “play
our role in destiny”
at this time of Dire Beauty.
(All levels of familiarity with the
astrological language are welcome,
from nothing to professional.)
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